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PeerBasis
Compensation Comparability Determination

J F And Lake K Davis Trust

Executive Director / CEO

EIN 546339007
VA · NTEE T90Z
FY ending 2024-12-31
June 9, 2026

This analysis benchmarks the total compensation of John R Patterson, Executive Director / CEO ($10,184) against every comparable organization that fit the selection criteria — 161 in total — drawn systematically from IRS Form 990 filings, not a hand-picked subset.

Compensation sits at approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizationsbelow the typical range for comparable organizations

Benchmarked executive: John R Patterson — reported title “TRUSTEE”, selected as the organization's highest-paid individual — no exact title match, so confirm this is a comparable role.

How comparable organizations were selected

161 organizations qualified on sector, size, and geography 161 within the band form the benchmarked peer set.

Distribution of comparable compensation

$282 total compensation of comparable organizations → $287,977 $10,184
$4,43910th
$10,25125th
$23,405Median
$38,07175th
$81,39090th
$10,184This org · 24th
p10$4,439
p25$10,251
p50$23,405
p75$38,071
p90$81,390
$10,184

Comparable organizations

Each figure is Form 990 Part VII columns D + F (reportable pay plus other compensation and benefits; column F may include amounts from related organizations), normalized to VA cost of living (BEA RPP, 2023) and to its filing year (CPI-U); the reported amount is on each linked 990.

OrganizationStateRevenueMatched titleComp
(reported)
Comp
(adjusted)
FY
Jean And Saul A Mintz Family Foundation LA$57,841 Director $12,957 $14,777 2024
The American Foundation For Jewish Education Inc NJ$58,048 President/ Ceo $30,497 $28,201 2024
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$58,126 Trustee $11,037 $10,272 2024
Zimmerman Fund For Children MD$57,128 Public Director $36,499 $35,341 2024
Podhurst Family FL$58,160 Board Member $279,869 $280,341 2023
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$58,341 Trustee $11,015 $10,251 2024
Muskingum County Senior Services OH$58,351 Vice Preside $13,000 $14,682 2023
Sagerstrong Foundation Inc GA$58,457 President $4,750 $4,946 2024
Bay Harbor Foundation MI$56,553 Executive Director $8,000 $8,804 2023
Lyn Stacie Getz Foundation Inc MD$59,459 President & Public Director $12,125 $11,740 2024
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$59,543 Trustee $9,991 $9,573 2023
Ptha Charities PA$55,537 Executive Director/secreta $30,031 $31,017 2024
Baton Rouge New Community Homes LA$59,781 President/ceo $21,418 $24,426 2024
Clarence Schock Memorial Park At Governor PA$60,118 Allocateur $4,273 $4,413 2024
Nathalie & Theodore Jones Charitable MA$55,065 Trustee $10,969 $10,209 2024
Marshall Hospital Foundation TX$54,922 President/ceo $269,993 $287,977 2023
Sts Philip And James Grade School OH$54,606 Trustee, Principal $11,166 $12,249 2024
Tabitha M Devisconti Residual Trust NC$60,720 Trustee $3,500 $3,745 2024
Kay Trust Co Twin Lakes Baptist Church CA$54,511 President $116,052 $103,787 2024
Kids Against Hunger - Your Quad Cities IA$54,173 President / Secetary $18,000 $20,412 2024
Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers PA$61,170 Ceo $30,514 $31,515 2024
United Way Of Rusk County Inc TX$53,642 Cmp Chr/exe Dir $4,810 $5,130 2023
Hospice Foundation Of Oklahoma OK$53,633 Secretary $25,864 $30,367 2023
Agudath Israel Of America Foundation NY$61,770 Executive Vice President $39,395 $36,869 2024
Retired Boston Police Officers MA$61,870 President $2,175 $2,024 2024

Comp (reported) is the figure on each organization's Form 990 (columns D + F); Comp (adjusted) normalizes it to VA cost of living and 2024 dollars. Click any organization to verify the figure on ProPublica.

Methodology

Comparable organizations were drawn from electronically filed IRS Form 990 returns and matched on sector (NTEE code), budget (a size-adaptive revenue band that tightens as the organization grows), and geography (same-state first, broadening only when too few peers qualify); every organization within the band forms the peer set. To compare fairly across regions and years, peer compensation is normalized to VA cost of living (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023) and to the subject's filing year (CPI-U). The figure benchmarked is Form 990 Part VII, Section A, columns D + F — reportable pay plus other compensation, benefits, and deferred amounts (column F may include amounts from related organizations) — with the chief executive matched by role. Related-organization amounts (column E) and institutional trustees are excluded. Full methodology: peerbasis.org/methodology.

Sample, role match & sensitivity

Sensitivity — the subject's percentile under alternative compensation definitions:

BasisSubject percentile
Total compensation (D + F), cost-of-living + inflation adjusted — the PeerBasis default24th
Total compensation (D + F), as reported (no adjustments)24th
Reportable pay only (column D), adjusted73rd
All sources (D + E + F), adjusted16th

If the percentile moves materially across these definitions, the result is sensitive to methodology choices, and the board should weigh which basis best fits its facts.

Rebuttable presumption of reasonableness · 26 CFR 53.4958-6

Compensation paid by a tax-exempt organization is presumed reasonable — shifting the burden to the IRS — when three requirements are met. This report supplies the comparability data for the second. The board should record the following in its minutes concurrently with its decision:

Draft board minutes — executive compensation

  1. The compensation of the Executive Director / CEO (John R Patterson) was approved in advance by [the Board / Compensation Committee], composed of members with no conflict of interest with respect to the arrangement.
  2. Prior to its determination, the authorized body obtained and relied upon appropriate comparability data, namely the PeerBasis Compensation Comparability Determination dated June 9, 2026, comparing compensation against 161 similarly situated organizations (Same NTEE major group (T), nationwide + budget 0.67–1.5× revenue).
  3. The authorized body determined that total compensation of $10,184 is reasonable (approximately the 24th percentile of comparable organizations) and documented the basis for this determination concurrently, on [date], by a vote of [__ for / __ against].

Sources: IRS Form 990 e-file data (apps.irs.gov); IRS Business Master File (NTEE classification). Every figure traces to an original public filing — click any organization above to verify it on ProPublica. PeerBasis is a service of Prismind Analytics; its methodology is published, was commissioned for independent adversarial review, and discloses its own limitations. This report is comparability data to support a board's good-faith determination under IRC 4958; it is not legal or tax advice. Generated by PeerBasis on June 9, 2026.